which exists to guide the nation on science and science policy. and they all tell me, all of them tell me that this is real, that it's human caused, it's a serious problem but that we have the solutions in hand to do it. so, one, i would want him to carry that message. but the second thing i would like to hear him say is that this issue has to stop being a partisan issue. the climate -- the earth's climate does n ce whether you are a democrat or a repuican. it doesn't care whether you're liberal or conservative. sandy did not only destroy the homes of democrats and not republicans. the terrible drought that has gripped the great plains and our nation's bread basket has not only gone after liberal farmers and ranchers, it's gone after all of us. the point is that climate change will affect all americans no matter what your political beliefs, your religious beliefs, your race, class, creed, et cetera, okay. and in the end the only way we're going to deal with this issue is if we come together as a county and have a serious conversation not about is